These Times (Mike Stern album)

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These Times
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ReleasedJanuary 13, 2004
Length69:44
Label ESC Records
Mike Stern chronology
Voices
(2001)
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(2004)
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(2006)
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These Times is an album by Mike Stern, released in 2004 through ESC Records. [2] [3] The album reached a peak position of number eleven on Billboard's Top Jazz Albums chart. [4]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mike Stern, except "If Only" where music was written by Mike Stern and lyric by Richard Bona [5]

No.TitleLength
1."Chatter"6:11
2."Silver Lining"6:37
3."I Know You"5:07
4."Mirage"6:47
5."If Only"5:31
6."Street Rhyme"6:39
7."Avenue B"6:14
8."Remember"6:04
9."These Times"8:14
10."What You Believe"6:47
11."Last One Down"5:33
Total length:69:44

Personnel

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References

  1. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1340. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  2. "Press releases / Mike Stern - These Times". Mike Stern.org. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
  3. "These Times". Allmusic . Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  4. "Mike Stern: Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  5. "5097467-Mike-Stern-These-Times/image". Discogs.